| 02/12/08 | Chrysler to seek $7 billion in government loans (Examiner) |  |
Published 02/12/08 23:16:15
... also says that CEO Robert Nardelli already gets a $1 per year salary from Chrysler and receives no health care or other benefits.Chrysler LLC also says it did not pay salaried workers merit raises or performance bonuses this year and doesn't intend to pay them in 2009.All three automakers have submitted their plans to Congress, and the CEOs plan to attend hearings later... Source : Examiner (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Chrysler to seek $7 billion in government loans (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) | |
Published 02/12/08 22:58:00
... also says that CEO Robert Nardelli already gets a $1 per year salary from Chrysler and receives no health care or other benefits.Chrysler LLC also says it did not pay salaried workers merit raises or performance bonuses this year and doesn't intend to pay them in 2009.All three automakers have submitted their plans to Congress, and the CEOs plan to attend hearings later... Source : Seattle Post-Intelligencer (subscribe) Explore : Car manufacturers, Chrysler |
| 02/12/08 | Today's the day: Unions work to get out vote in Georgia runoff (PWW Daily Online) | |
Published 02/12/08 22:28:25
... Senate this year to help break the grip of obstruction that has blocked important legislation on health care, the economy and the freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life. Chambliss is the embodiment of that obstruction, voting against working family-friendly legislation?from veterans benefits to children?s health care and the Employee Free Choice Act. Source : PWW Daily Online (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Telecoms, other groups draw up national broadband strategy (Cnet) | |
Published 02/12/08 22:19:00
Telecom and tech companies joined with labor unions, public interest groups, and other organizations Tuesday to issue a for a national broadband strategy. The is asking for President-elect Barack Obama and the next Congress to make national broadband deployment a top priority in 2009 and has set forth a framework for successfully implementing a broadband plan. "The national broadband... Source : Cnet (subscribe) Explore : Cisco Systems, Network, Network Equipment, Telecommunication Companies, Verizon Communications |
| 02/12/08 | Comcast Raises Prices, Disconnects Complaint Line [Redonkulous] (The Consumerist) | |
Published 02/12/08 21:39:57
Reader Benjamin is pissed because Comcast in his town of Richmond, VA they raised his rates, and justified it by saying they have to pass on the cost of rising gas, technology, and health care. He... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Source : The Consumerist (subscribe) Explore : Energy and Water |
| 02/12/08 | Mauritania: Desertification Threatens to Wipe Out Livelihoods, Communities (All Africa) | |
Published 02/12/08 21:36:51
Environmental degradation, responsible for the dangerous displacement of sand dunes in Mauritania, has wiped out homes, livestock and livelihoods throughout the desert country. An October UN study estimated that land degradation costs nearly US$200 million annually in potential revenue losses and health care expenses. Source : All Africa (subscribe) Explore : Africa, West Africa |
| 02/12/08 | San Francisco Mayor Turns To YouTube For State Of The City Speech (Information Week) | |
Published 02/12/08 21:30:00
... a Washington business trip. The goal is to lay out the mayor's plans for such issues as universal health care, education, the budget, battling crime, ending homelessness, and making a greener city -- without the filtering of the media. "We have a lot we want to share, but it gets filtered," Newsom told the Chronicle. "To do an address that's unfiltered, what better way to do it... Source : Information Week (subscribe) Explore : Internet, Internet, YouTube |
| 02/12/08 | All I Can Say is?.DUH (Bloggg) | |
Published 02/12/08 20:44:34
NO SHIT, SHERLOCKS.... Autistic Children Require More Money, Time Than Children With Other Chronic Diseases, Study Shows [Dec 01, 2008] The more than half a million U.S. children who have autism have health care needs that are more costly and time-intensive than children with other chronic ailments, according to a Maternal and Child Health Bureau study published on... Source : Bloggg (subscribe) Explore : Autism, Diseases, Health-Fitness, Mental Health |
| 02/12/08 | Sweeping Bush Rule to Limit Abortion, Birth Control Access (PERRspectives Blog) | |
Published 02/12/08 20:41:46
During a discussion of abortion in the final presidential debate, Republican John McCain shocked millions of Americans with his sneering remarks and derisive air quotes when it came to the "health of the mother." Now as he prepares to leave... Source : PERRspectives Blog (subscribe) Explore : Birth control, Health-Fitness, Termination of pregnancy, USA, US President |
| 02/12/08 | Tobacco trust fund nearly gone (Iowa Independent) | |
Published 02/12/08 20:15:35
... into a standing fund whose earnings would pay for anti-smoking campaigns, cancer treatment and other tobacco-related expenses. But the state hit hard budget times, and legislators dipped into the fund for other needs, critics say. Former Republican state Sen. Jeff Lamberti of Ankeny help put together the deal for the trust fund. Lamberti says there was talk of the tobacco... Source : Iowa Independent (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Index tracking oil and gas activity drops from record high (Houston Chronicle) | |
Published 02/12/08 20:14:00
... prices by scaling back production and delaying new projects in Texas and elsewhere.That means other index indicators?drilling permits, well completions and jobs?will show drops as well, directly affecting state revenues from energy companies. In fiscal 2008, those revenues were $4.1 billion, up from $2.7 billion in 2007, according to the Texas Comptroller?s Office. Those collections... Source : Houston Chronicle (subscribe) Explore : Energy and Water |
| 02/12/08 | Sweeping 'Right of Conscience' Changes? (Queerty) | |
Published 02/12/08 20:08:44
The outgoing Bush administration is planning to announce a broad new "right of conscience" rule permitting medical facilities, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health-care workers to refuse to participate in any procedure they find morally objectionable, including abortion and possibly even artificial insemination and birth control. For more than 30 years, federal law... Source : Queerty (subscribe) Explore : Health-Fitness, Termination of pregnancy |
| 02/12/08 | LRG Capital Group, LLC: 142 Throckmorton Theatre Announces Two New Founding Board Members and Receives Significant Donations (Market Wire) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:56:00
The Schow Foundation was founded by Nan and Howard Schow in 2000 with the goal of improving health care, education, and the environment in our communities. Two of their children, Roger and Steven Schow, are long-time residents of Mill Valley and, together with their wives Susan and Kimberley, the Schows have very actively supported Marin philanthropies, including The 142... Source : Market Wire (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » The Auto Industry As a Play (FatMixx) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:55:40
All we ever hear about are unions, unions, unions. No one asks how they got the deals they got, or whether there are other issues (like the dealership item I posted last week) that may have contributed to their downfall. Or, whether, you know, the out of control spiral of health care costs [...] Source : FatMixx (subscribe) Explore : Auto industry, Economy |
| 02/12/08 | Follow me @Paulflevy (All Excerpts) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:52:44
When you have an addictive personality (any doubts, check my blogging record here), you have to be careful what you start. I figured, though, that I could trust Scott Hensley, one of the guys who runs the Wall Street Journal Health Blog. He strongly suggested that I sign up for Twitter, noting that their blog [...] Source : All Excerpts (subscribe) Explore : Computer industry, Gateway, Twitter |
| 02/12/08 | Kirsten Moore: Principled Choices (The Huffington Post) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:43:44
There has been a surprising amount of chatter about what President-elect Obama should, or more often should not, say and do when it comes to the "hot button" issue of abortion; namely nothing. That's a shame because I believe President-elect Obama can teach us all a thing or two about respecting the choices that other people make in their lives and carrying that respect through into our... Source : The Huffington Post (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Krugman, Opportunity Cost, and Fiat Money (The LRC Blog) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:43:43
Kathryn, your points are well-taken. It seems that Krugman really does believe that government magically provides free health care, and even though doctors and other medical personnel continue to be paid, apparently such a system has no opportunity cost. Granted,... Source : The LRC Blog (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Know the players: Henry Waxman (Later On) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:00:47
... plenty of corruption and incompetence in military contracting, Iraq war reconstruction, veterans? health care, the implementation of clean-air and clean-water laws, executive branch politicization and financial deregulation, among other areas. And its hearings made for some sensational headlines. Former CIA agent Valerie Plame testified on faulty pre-Iraq War intelligence. Source : Later On (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Amy Finkelstein Wins the Elaine Bennett Prize (Freakonomics) | |
Published 02/12/08 18:40:47
Congratulations to my friend Amy Finkelstein who just won the Elaine Bennett Prize. The prize is given every other year to the most outstanding young female economist by the American Economic Association. Our careers have many parallels. Like me, Amy was an undergraduate at Harvard, got her Ph.D. at M.I.T. with Jim Poterba as [...] Source : Freakonomics (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Cost of insurance still keeping Oklahoma health on back burner (Tahlequah Daily Press--Features) | |
Published 02/12/08 18:23:20
As 2008 enters its last month, most Oklahomans? chief concern is their financial future ? and a large part of that concern for many people centers on health costs. Source : Tahlequah Daily Press--Features (subscribe) |
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